Vocabulary
Comprehension I
Comprehension II
Comprehension III
Prefixes/Suffixes
100

With attention or alertness

What is attentitively

100
Maria isn't going to be in the pageant because
What is Her teacher doesn't ask anyone names Maria to be in it
100
How do Maria Isabel's parents feel about her singing in the school play?
What is excited
100
According to Maria Isabel, her teacher mistakenly believes that Maria Isabel
What is doesn't want to be in the play
100
The prefix PRE- means __________
What is before
200

Maria was very nervous to get a great part in the _________.

What is pageant

200
Maria Isabel's favorite Winter Pageant song is about
What is Hanukkah candles
200
Maria Isabel feels she is caught in a sticky web because _______________________.
What is She has a problem and she doesn't know how to solve it
200
Which word best describes Maria Isabel?
What is shy
200
The suffix -LESS means ______________
What is without
300

Maria did not want her parents to feel this way about her not having a part in the play

What is disappointed

300
Maria Isabel cannot sing in the pageant because she is ________
What is not in the play
300
Why does Maria Isabel think that Wilbur and her parents are somewhat alike?
What is They don't realize what is ahead for them
300
The story is realistic fiction because ______
What is the characters and events seem real
300
The prefix RE- means
What is to do again
400

A failure to understand

What is misunderstanding

400
Why does Maria Isabel feel that her problems are not like those of the characters in the books?
What is They always find answers to her problems, but she doesn't.
400
What is Maria's first wish when she starts to write "My Greatest Wish"?
What is to make a snowman
400
In the middle of the story, Maria Isabel is unhappy. List two of the four things she wants
What is to be herself, to not make the teacher angry, to be in the play, and to be called by her full name
400
The prefix mis- means
What is incorrectly or wrong
500

To do something with concern, worry or fear

What is nervously

500
Why does Maria Isabel write rewrite her work three times?
What is she realizes that the wishes she has written are not her greatest wish
500
When does Maria Isabel find the courage to say that she wants to sing in the Winter Pageant?
What is when she writes the "My Greatest Wish" paper
500
What is Maria's full name?
What is Maria Isabel Salazar Lopez
500
The suffix -ness means __________
What is condition of or the way it is
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